Op Blue Star was wrong way, Indira Gandhi paid with life for it: P Chidambaram

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P Chidambaram also said the decision to launch Operation Blue Star was a collective one, involving the Army, police, intelligence, and civil service, and could not be blamed solely on Indira Gandhi.

Former Union Minister P Chidambaram said that the government now needs to focus on simplifying the GST laws themselves. (PTI photo/ File)

Former Union Minister P Chidambaram. (File photo: PTI)

New Delhi,UPDATED: Oct 12, 2025 11:26 IST

Senior Congress leader and former Union minister P Chidambaram described the 1984 Operation Blue Star as the "wrong way" to reclaim the Punjab's Golden Temple, asserting that former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi paid the ultimate price for that decision.

"No disrespect to any military officers here, but that was the wrong way to retrieve the Golden Temple. A few years later, we showed the right way to retrieve it -- by keeping the Army out. Blue Star was the wrong way, and I agree that Mrs Gandhi paid with her life for that mistake," Chidambaram said at a literature event in Kasauli.

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Sahil Sinha

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Oct 12, 2025

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